Pumpkin-gingerbread pie with cider-lemon sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupDried currants
¼cupChopped pitted dates
tablespoonMinced crystallized ginger
2tablespoonsDark rum
1teaspoonVanilla extract
2Egg whites
1Egg
cupFirmly packed brown sugar
cupMolasses
2cupsAll-purpose flour
tablespoonGround ginger
1teaspoonBaking soda
¾teaspoonGround allspice
½teaspoonSalt
½teaspoonGround nutmeg
¼teaspoonGround cinnamon
¼teaspoonGround cloves
teaspoonPepper
1cupUnsweetened canned pumpkin
cupLow fat buttermilk
2tablespoonsVegetable oil
2tablespoonsMargarine, melted
Vegetable cooking spray
Cider-Lemon Sauce
2 tablespoons sauce)

Directions

Combine the currants, dates, crystallized ginger, rum, and vanilla extract in a small bowl, and let stand 30 minutes stirring occasionally.

Beat egg whites and egg at medium speed of a mixer until foamy. Gradually add the brown sugar, beating until well-blended. Add the molasses, and beat well.

Combine the flour, ground ginger, and next 7 ingredients (flour through pepper), and stir well. Combine pumpkin, buttermilk, oil, and melted margarine, and stir well. Add the flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with pumpkin mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix well after each addition. Fold in the rum-dried fruit mixture.

Spoon batter into a 9½-inch quiche dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375 degrees for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean; let pie cool for 30 minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm with Cider-Lemon Sauce. Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1 wedge and about Note: Crystallized ginger is available at large supermarkets and specialty-food stores, or it can be mail-ordered from: Penzey's Ltd., P.O.

Box 1448, Waukesha, WI 53187. Phone 414/574-0277.

CALORIES 335 (17% from fat)i PROTEIN 5.3g, FAT 6.5g (sat 1.4g, mono 2.1g, poly 2.3g); CARB 63.9g; FIBER 2.3g CHOL 22mg; IRON 3.1mg; SODIUM 339mg; CALC 91mg

Recipe by: Cooking Light YEAR: 1995 ISSUE: Nov/Dec PAGE: 146 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #544 by Terry and Kathleen Schuller <schuller@...> on Mar 27, 1997